Advances in Mechanical Engineering (Jun 2021)

Motor shifting and torque distribution control of a multi-motor driving system in electric construction vehicles

  • Weikang Kong,
  • Jixin Wang,
  • Dewen Kong,
  • Yuanying Cong,
  • Shuangshi Feng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/16878140211028446
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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With the rapid development of the world economic construction and the shortage of energy, it has become a hot research issue to realize the electrification of the vehicle driving system and improve energy efficiency. Most of the electric construction machinery power systems are characterized by low speed and high load. The coordinated driving of multiple motors can increase the output torque and improve the transmission efficiency of the machine on the basis of a compact layout. A novel configuration of electric construction vehicles based on multi-motor and single-speed and its driving torque distribution control method is presented in this paper. The detailed mathematical model is established and the simulation analysis is carried out based on it. The results show that the proposed multi-motor driving system with the control strategy can improve the overall efficiency in the condition of ensuring the driving force when the parameter matching and motors choosing reasonably.